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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27739382891 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Canada Lottery Notification" <canadapromm07@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:57:10 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


From: Ms.Jenney Anderson

Canada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw

1550 Princess Street

Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3

Attention: Customer AFRSA680

Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/08

Batch No. Ontario49



Our Canadian Agent in Africa

Contact Information;

mathibaclaimconsultant@live.co.za<http://uk.f230.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mathibaclaimconsultant@live.co.za>

africanclaimconsultant@live.co.za<http://uk.f230.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To¯ricanclaimconsultant@live.co.za>

(Tel: 0027-739-382-891)

(Fax:0027-865-118-515)




WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010
Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa. We happily announce to you
the draw of the Special Global 2010 World Cup Promotional Draw held on
the Saturday
14th June 2008 draw in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada.



Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545100, with
Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers 6 9 14 18 42 44 with a bonus
Number 36 for Ontario 6/49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the
first category of bi-weekly six. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$950,000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/851OYHI/08.



This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars,
shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this
category Worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicating your play
coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World
Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept
to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500
participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the
Soccer World Cup 2010.



In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial
Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our
African Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over
10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails.



For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by unscrupulous elements. Please be warned! To file for your claim,
please contact our corresponding Agent in South Africa immediately you read
this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information
is as follows: Mr. Mathiba Larry
email:africanclaimconsultant@live.co.za<http://uk.f230.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?Toail%3Aafricanclaimconsultant@live.co.za>Phone
+27 7393 828 91 to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference numbers in any correspondences with our designated
agents.



Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that
has ensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
Promotional lottery program.



PROVIDE YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING DATA;



Full Names; Physical Address;

Occupation;

Age;

Nationality;

Telephone/Fax;

Marital Status;

Ticket Number:

Serial Number;

Bonus Number;

Winning Number;

Date of Draw;

Amount Won;





Yours sincerely

Ms. Jenney Anderson

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the Saturday 14th June
2008 draw,http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id

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